ORDINANCE NO. 2025-03 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATED TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND REGULATION; AMENDING CHAPTER 11 OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT; AMENDING SECTION 11-20 OF THE CODE RELATED TO THE BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING FLOOD HAZARD AREAS; CREATING SECTION 11-168 OF THE CODE RELATED TO MINIMUM BUILDING ELEVATIONS IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS; REPEALING SECTION 10-22 OF THE CODE RELATED TO FLORIDA BUILDING CODE-BUILDING, AMENDMENTS; REPEALING SECTION 10-23 OF THE CODE RELATED TO FLORIDA BUILDING CODE-RESIDENTIAL, AMENDMENTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, FOR CODIFICATION, AND FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Florida has, in Chapter 125, Florida Statutes, conferred upon local governments the authority to adopt regulations designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizenry; and WHEREAS, Jefferson County, Florida ("County") participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and the County desires to continue to meet the requirements of Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 59 and 60, necessary for such participation; and WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has revised and reissued the Flood Insurance Study for the County, with an effective date of April 23, 2025; and WHEREAS, Chapter 553, Florida Statutes, allows for local administrative and technical amendments to the Florida Building Code that provide for more stringent requirements than those specified in the Code and allows adoption of local administrative and local technical amendments to the Florida Building Code to implement the National Flood Insurance Program and incentives; and WHEREAS, the County previously adopted local amendments to the Florida Building Code and is reformatting those amendments as part of Chapter 11; and WHEREAS, the County has determined that it is in the public interest to amend Chapter 11 of the Jefferson County Code of Ordinances, related to Floodplain Management, to identify the effective date of the revised Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Maps and establish minimum building elevations in flood hazard areas; and WHEREAS. the County has determined that it is necessary to repeal Sections 10-22 and 10-23 of the Code to ensure consistency with the amendments to Chapter 11 referenced above. NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Florida, as follows: SECTION 1. INCORPORATION OF RECITALS. The above recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated by reference. SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 11-20, JEFFERSON COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES. The Board hereby amends Section 11-20 of the Jefferson County Code of Ordinances, entitled "Basis for Establishing Flood Hazard Areas, as follows: 1 [Stricken words indicate deletions. Underlined words indicate additions.) Sec. 11-20. Basis for establishing flood hazard areas. The Flood insurance Study for Jefferson County, Florida, and Incorporated Areas, effective date February-5,2014 April 23, 2025, and-al-subsequentamendmente-and-revisievisions-to-such study,and the accompanying flood insurance rate maps (FIRM), FIRM map series 12065C (which cover both unincorporated Jefferson County and the City of Monticello, effective date February5, 2014 April 23, 2025), andalisubsequentamendmeNsandrewswRSeSMChmaPe: are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter and shall serve as the minimum basis for establishing flood hazard areas. The above referenced study and maps that establish flood hazard areas are on file at the Jefferson County Building and Planning Department, 445 W. Palmer Mill Road, Monticello, Florida. SECTION 3. CREATION OF SECTION 11-168, JEFFERSON COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES. The Board hereby creates a new Section 11-168 of the Jefferson County Code of Ordinances, entitled "Florida Building Code Technical Amendments; Minimum Building Elevations in Flood Hazard Areas," to read as follows: [Stricken words indicate deletions. Underlined words indicate additions.] Sec. 11-168. Florida Building Code technical amendments; minimum building elevations in flood hazard areas. (a) The minimum elevation for buildings in flood hazard areas that are within the scope of the Florida Building Code, Building, shall be, as specified in ASCE 24, the base flood elevation plus 2feet, or the design flood elevation, whichever is higher. (b) The minimum elevation for one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses in flood hazard areas that are within the scope of the Florida Building Code, Residential, shall be the base flood elevation plus 2 feet or the design flood elevation, whichever is higher. SECTION 4. REPEAL OF SECTIONS 10-22 AND 10-23, JEFFERSON COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES. 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A certified copy of this Ordinance shall be filed with the Department of State within 10 days after its enactment by the Board and shall take effect as provided by law. PASSED AND DULY ENACTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Florida in regular session, this 7 day of April 2025. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLORIDA 3 - - a Austin Hosfor6, Chair ATTEST: Ery A yptay Cecil Trey" Hightower, Ex Officio Clerk/o the Board APPROVED AS TO FORM: Evan J. Rosenthal, Esq. County Attorney 4